by Josie | Sep 16, 2020 | Cocktails & Beverages, Fermented Foods, Food History
We’ve been experimenting with shrubs this past few months and have a couple to share with you for your fall cocktailing. If you aren’t familiar with shrubs, they are a drinking vinegar ~ a syrupy concoction of fresh fruit, sugar and vinegar to be exact....
by Josie | Sep 14, 2020 | Condiments, Fermented Foods, Food History, Preserving and Freezing, Sauces
This is an amazing fermented food that I discovered by accident last summer. We had a huge plum harvest and I needed a recipe for preserving the hundreds of plums that were ripening fast! I came across a recipe for umeboshi. Ume is a Japanese fruit that’s...
by Josie | Aug 15, 2020 | Cooking, Sauces
Chimichurri is a very green Argentinian condiment made with parsley, oregano, chilis, vinegar, oil, garlic. There are literally hundreds of variations of chimichurri that come from all over the world, but the true home of chimichurri is Argentina. This version...
by Josie | Aug 13, 2020 | Cooking
So by now you probably know about quinoa (keen-wa). You may not know that it’s close relative of spinach, kale and Swiss chard, which is kind of mind blowing because it looks and tastes like a grain. Three to four thousand years ago, the Incas made it a part of...
by Josie | Jul 24, 2020 | Gardening
Purslane has been on my list of vegetables to explore. I am growing it this year, with intention! It’s been one of the things I weeded out of our gardens every year, but on a trip to San Francisco last fall, my sister and I freaked out about the side dish on...
